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Noun
/ˌkänstəˈlāSHən/,
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constellations, plural;
  1. A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries

  2. A group or cluster of related things
    • - no two patients ever show exactly the same constellation of symptoms
  1. configuration: an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"
  2. a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
  3. In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. Historically, the term was also used to refer to a pattern formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another, and this practice is still common today.
  4. Constellation is the name of an album by Alabama Thunderpussy. It is the band's third album, released in 2000.
  5. GTS Celebrity Constellation is a Millennium class cruise ship of Celebrity Cruises. She is the co-flagship of the Celebrity fleet, along with Century-class ship Century. She was originally named Constellation, but renamed in May 2007. ...
  6. Constellation is an EP by the Norwegian black metal band Arcturus. It was limited to only 500 copies. Tracks from this album were later re-recorded on Aspera Hiems Symfonia and re-released on Aspera Hiems Symfonia/Constellation/My Angel compilation.
  7. The Constellation Egg is one of two Easter eggs made under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé in 1917, for the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. It was the last Fabergé egg made.
  8. Constellation is a film that was released by Codeblack Entertainment and 20th Century Fox in 2007. Prior to theatrical release the film won several Audience and Jury Awards at Festivals. ...
  9. Activation of a psychic personal complex or an archetypal content.
  10. A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
  11. From the Latin constellation, set with stars. A group of fixed stars.
  12. A grouping of stars that make an imaginary picture in the sky.
  13. Random patterns of stars in the night sky produced by the chance alignment of stars of different luminosities and distances. There are 88 constellations - 48 were listed by the ancient Greeks, and another 40 were added after 1590.
  14. A grouping of stars in the night sky into a recognizable pattern. Most of the constellations get their name from the Latin translation of one of the ancient Greek star patterns that lies within it. ...
  15. A cluster or group of stars that are thought to form a pattern in the sky. In Assyrian times seventeen constellations through which the moon moved formed a basic set of astrological TT  reference points; by about 500 BC they had been reduced to the twelve zodiacal signs that are still in use today.
  16. An area of the night sky that contains a group of stars that seems to form a certain shape or picture.
  17. A pattern of stars usually named after animals or people in stories. Now used to designate an area in the celestial sphere. See Celestial Coordinate System page.
  18. A pattern of stars on the sky, named for a person, animal, or object (usually from mythology). Astronomers use constellations to designate directions in space; for example the great galaxy "in Andromeda" lies in the direction from us marked by the pattern of stars we call Andromeda (the Princess ...
  19. A dot-to-dot picture in the sky. Most groups have no physical significance.
  20. The orbiting fleet of GPS (or GLONASS) satellites
  21. astronomy: a formation of stars seen, in the sky, as forming a figure. metaphoric: a collection or gathering, usually of prominent persons or things
  22. A cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the heavens, and which astronomers have reduced to certain figures (as the "Great Bear," the "Bull," etc.) for the sake of classification and of memory. ...
  23. Relating to the stars. A cluster of stars having identical features is called a constellation.
  24. A meaningful pattern of stars visible with the unaided eye, literally meaning “group of stars” in Latin.  Americans know Northern Hemisphere constellations by the names given them by ancient Babylonians and Greeks.
  25. An area of the celestial sphere bounded by internationally decreed lines of Right Ascension and Declination. The whole celestial sphere is divided up into a total of 88 areas of varying size, each with its own name. ...